Stakeholder Capitalism

UNGC Releases “Women’s Empowerment” Tool

April 03, 2017

The UN Global Compact (UNGC) recently unveiled the Women’s Empowerment Principles “Gender Gap Analysis Tool,” an online resource designed to help business leaders improve “gender equality and women’s empowerment” at the workplace and in the markets they serve.
OECD Warns of Agricultural Emissions in New Zealand

March 31, 2017

In its third Environmental Performance Review of New Zealand, while noting that "the country only accounts for a tiny share of global emissions," the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warns of increasing greenhouse gas emissions from the New Zealand agricultural sector and calls for expanded taxes on the industry to counter its impact.
OECD Pushes "Green Growth" in South Korea

March 31, 2017

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) latest Environmental Performance Review of Korea calls on the country to ensure its policies and taxes on the energy industry are in line with global commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to use centralized government policies to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
UNGC Seeks Business Pledge to "Empower" Women

March 23, 2017

On International Women's Day, the UN Global Compact (UNGC) released a statement on its upcoming programs promoting the UN network's Women's Empowerment Principles, which seek to commit businesses to breaking their "gender bias" and contributing to the provisions of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals on gender equality.
OECD: Estonia Must Reduce Oil Shale Reliance

March 21, 2017

In its first "Environmental Performance Review" of Estonia, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) asserts that reducing the country's dependence on oil shale for energy production and moving toward "green growth" is the government's "number one economic, environmental and social challenge."
Investors Seek Retention of SEC Minerals Rule

March 14, 2017

Signaling the impact activists are having on investors and banks over the social and environmental impacts of their finance decisions, a group of investors has published a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission calling for the continued enforcement of the agency's rule requiring reporting on businesses' use of "conflict minerals" from Africa.
OECD Examines Business Promotion of "Well-Being"

March 01, 2017

As part of its "Better Life Initiative," the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently hosted a workshop in Paris on how to comprehensively measure businesses' promotion of "well-being" in order to encourage them to contribute to the fulfillment of the global "sustainable development" agenda.
OECD Produces Due Diligence Guide for Apparel Industry

February 27, 2017

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has produced a set of global guidelines explaining how companies operating in the apparel and footwear sector should conduct "due diligence" procedures to identify and address potential human rights impacts in their supply chains.
Union Files OECD Complaint over Company's Labor Practices

February 17, 2017

UNI Global Union has filed a new complaint with the Spanish National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises against security company Prosegur, alleging that the company violated the global Guidelines by failing to respect the labor rights of its employees in Latin America and India.
UN Report Lists Corporate Sustainability "Opportunities"

January 26, 2017

The UN Global Compact and partners have released a 2017 Global Opportunity Report as a counterpart to the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report to emphasize how businesses should use the advancement of "disruptive technologies" to help fulfill the UN's sustainable development agenda.